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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 7, 2022 a Facebook post
"Gas is high because they shut down production in the U.S.” under the Biden administration.
False
March 9, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on February 23, 2022 a tweet
Photo shows Empire State Building lit up to support Ukraine.
False
February 25, 2022
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on February 19, 2022 an interview with Steve Bannon
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 6, 2022 a Facebook post
"According to Congress, travel nurses need a pay cap.”
False
February 16, 2022
Dan Bongino
Dan Bongino
stated on February 5, 2022 a TV segment graphic
The “top ten most unhealthy U.S. cities” are San Francisco; Seattle; Portland, Oregon; San Diego; Honolulu; Washington; Austin, Texas; Irving, Texas; Portland, Maine; and Denver.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • February 8, 2022
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 a tweet
"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."
True
By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 27, 2022 a radio show segment
“There's never been a president (before Joe Biden) that has made race and gender the defining factor” for a Supreme Court nomination.
False
By Bill McCarthy • January 28, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 24, 2022 a Facebook post
Quotes show Joseph Stalin and Joe Biden expressed similar views about counting votes.
False
January 27, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 an interview
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
True
By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on January 17, 2022 a TV interview
“The Loudoun County School Board spent about $300,000 (last year) … to bring CRT in some form or fashion to the school system.”
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 24, 2022
YouTube videos
YouTube videos
stated on January 19, 2022 a video
“Ashli Babbitt Tried To Stop Antifa False Flag On Jan 6th”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2021 a video on Facebook
Walgreens refrigerators are scanning shoppers’ hands and foreheads for “the mark of the beast,” and that “if you don’t have the mark later on, you won’t be able to buy.”
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • January 11, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 a Facebook post
“Most Americans on minimum wage earn less than a Dickensian allegory for destitution.”
Half-True
January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 28, 2021 a Facebook post
"Pathogens evolve to become less, not more, virulent over time” because otherwise, “they’d destroy their hosts which they depend on to live.”
False
December 8, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 a press release headline
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
Mostly False
By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021
Dave Loebsack
Dave Loebsack
stated on November 6, 2021 a tweet
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."
Half-True
November 22, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 a post on Facebook
“500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.”
False
By Monique Curet • November 17, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 8, 2021 in a CNN interview
"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles • November 16, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2021 a Facebook post
"Italy drastically reduced the country’s official COV1D-19 death count by over 97%. This means Covid killed fewer people than an average seasonal flu.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 10, 2021
Jim Banks
Jim Banks
stated on September 16, 2021 a letter
Says he is the "ranking member" of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 25, 2021
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